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Piano styles you can play today

Every style has a few chords, a left hand and a feel that make it sound like itself. Pick one: the lesson puts those chords under your fingers on a piano in the page, green key by green key.

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A vintage upright piano on the small stage of a smoky jazz club, a double bass beside it and a candle on a table
Exercise

I-V-vi-IV in C, twice

C, G over B, A minor, F over A, twice. The inversions keep every chord within reach: a finger or two moves, the hand stays put.

Styles

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Each lesson has the chords or the left hand of the style on a playable piano.

A black grand piano under a warm spotlight on the stage of a late-night jazz club, an upright double bass and a cymbal beside it, candles and cocktails on the front tables learn jazz piano

Jazz piano

The ii-V-I with rootless voicings, swing and comping, a first jazz line.

Open the lesson → A battered upright piano in a wooden juke joint at night, a bottle, a glass and a harmonica on top, a bare bulb and a magenta neon arrow, fireflies through the screen door blues piano

Blues piano

The 12-bar blues in C with seventh chords, the blues scale and a shuffle left hand.

Open the lesson → An upright piano on the bandstand of a 1940s dance hall, a glowing jukebox, a saxophone on its stand and a mirror ball over the polished dance floor boogie woogie piano

Boogie-woogie piano

The walking left hand, eight to the bar, over the three chords of the blues.

Open the lesson → An upright piano and a tonewheel organ at the front of a small wooden church, stained-glass windows glowing over the choir loft and the pews gospel piano

Gospel piano

Passing chords, the 1-4-1 Amen, and the walk from home to the dominant.

Open the lesson → A black grand piano alone on an arena stage with a microphone over the keys, cyan and magenta light beams and thousands of phone lights in the crowd pop piano chords

Pop piano

The four chords behind countless hits, with inversions and accompaniment patterns.

Open the lesson → A carved upright piano with candle holders, a straw boater hat and a glass of beer in a 1900 saloon, the long bar and the swinging doors behind ragtime piano

Ragtime piano

The oom-pah stride left hand and the syncopations of Scott Joplin.

Open the lesson → A turquoise upright piano against a peeling pink wall in a Havana salsa club, congas, timbales and maracas around it, palm leaves and a ceiling fan latin piano montuno

Latin piano

The montuno in octaves, the clave, and the habanera rhythm.

Open the lesson → A small upright piano by a rainy window at night, a cat asleep on top next to headphones, a cassette player and a steaming mug under a desk lamp lofi piano chords

Lo-fi piano

Major sevenths and ninths, a descending progression, and the lazy lo-fi touch.

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How these lessons work

Every lesson puts the defining chords or left-hand pattern of a style on a piano in the page: the keys to play light up in green, one step at a time, and the chord name appears when you hold the right notes. Then the text explains why it sounds the way it does and how to practise it, with links to chord and scale pages and to free sheet music.

Where to start

New to the piano? The free piano course teaches the keys, triads and both hands first. Already playing? Pop and blues are the quickest wins; jazz, gospel and lo-fi share the same seventh chords; boogie-woogie and ragtime train the left hand.

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Questions

Frequently asked

Are these lessons free?

Yes. Every style lesson and its playable piano are free, with no account and nothing to install.

Which style should I learn first?

Pop piano if you want to accompany songs quickly, blues piano if you want to improvise early. Both use chords you can learn in a week.

Are the riffs and pieces copyright-free?

They are either in the public domain (classical pieces, traditional tunes and patterns) or original GOONS material written for these lessons, free to play and record.

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